ADVERBS OF TIME

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MISS: TOLEDO ROJAS, CYNTHIA
 WE USE FREQUENCY
ADVERBS TO TALK
ABOUT HOW OFTEN WE
DO SOMETHING
 Adverbs of frequency

ALWAYS, CONSTANTLY

USUALLY, GENERALLY

OFTEN, FREQUENTLY
SOMETIMES,
OCASSIONALLY
 Adverbs of frequency
SELDOM- RARELY-
HARDLY EVER

NEVER
• We place them:
• BEFORE the main VERB

• John OFTEN plays football on Saturdays.

•AFTER the VERB BE

•Ann is never late for school.

•Examples :
•He /wakes up/always/at 10a.m.
•He always gets up at 10 a.m.

1.-They / in the afternoon/ sometimes / watch

t.v.
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2.-The book store / at 9 a.m. / opens / always.

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 3.- I / go to work / seldom / on Sundays
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4.-She / drives a car / never

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Harry Potter
Hello, I´m Harry Potter.
I can do magic.
I always stay at Hogwarts school.
I usually study and play with Ron
and Hermione.
I often play Quidditch after school
and sometimes travel with my
broomstick.
I never hurt people with magic.
•Hello my name is BRUCE:
•I always have breakfast at 10 a.m.
•I always go to work at 10:30 a.m.
•In the afternoon, I often go to a club with my
friends.
•Also I sometimes have breakfast at 4:00 p.m.
•Then I usually play soccer.
•In the evening I always go to be at midnight

That is my daily routine

 GRAMMAR:TIME
• AT : PREPOSITIONS
PRECISE TIME
• At 5 o´clock
• At 11:30 a.m.
• At noon
• At dinnertime
• At midnight
• At night
• At sunset
• At the moment
• At the same time
 GRAMMAR:TIME
• In PREPOSITIONS
: months-years-centuries and long periods
• In May
• In summer
• In the morning
• In 1990
• In the 1990s
• In the next century
• In the Ice Age
• In the past/future
• In the afternoons.
 GRAMMAR:TIME
• PREPOSITIONS
On : DAYS AND DATES
• On Saturdays
• On Tuesdays
• On 7 March
• On 25 Dec. 2008
• On Saturday mornings
• On Valentine Day
• On my birthday
• On New Year´s eve
• On Monday evening
 GRAMMAR:TIME
• PREPOSITIONS
AT for a precise TIME , also with:
• A general location:They´re ate the movies.
• Carl is at home
• They are at work

• With street numbers: She lives at 234 first

street.
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• ON FOOT
• BY TRAIN
• BY SUBWAY
• BY BUS
• BY CAR
• BY TAXI
• BY BICYCLE
• BY BOAT